Vehicle jack and support mechanism



June c. w. LEACH ET AL 3, 7

VEHICLE JACK AND SUPPORT MECHANISM Filed Aug. 5, 1929 2 Sheets-Sheet l INVENTOR I CLINTON VV. LEAC H BY GEORGE BUGIE ATTORNEY ,sos,172

June 2, 1931.

C. W. LEACH ET AL VEHICLE JACK AND SUPPORT MECHANISM Filed Aug., 5. 1929 2 Sheets-Sheet 2 INVENTQR LINTON W. LEACH Y eaonesmsoma 9 ATTORNEY present device in use,

Patented June 2, 1931 UNITED STA CLINTON W. LEACH, OF MINNEAPOLIS, AND GEORGE M. BOGIE, OF GLENWOOID, MINNE SOTA, ASSIGNORS 0F ONE-THIRD GEORGE C. LEACH, OF RIVER FALLS, WIS- i GONSIN VEHICLE JACK AND SUPPORT MECHANISM Application filed August 5,

This invention relates to jacks for motor vehicles, and the primary object is to provide a double unit mechanism including a jack or lift unit that can be applied to the outer side of a vehicle wheel, to do the required lifting, and an adjustable, quickly releasable support unit for holding the car raised so that the outer unit, or jack proper, can beremoved, thus permitting the tire to be removed and replaced, in-the case-of tire trouble. The jack unit proper is also particularly adaptable for use in extricatinga vehicle wheel when the same becomes mired in soft ground or-ruts, in which event, as-iswell known, it is virtually impossible to apply an ordinary jack as access to the axle housing or adjacent frame parts becomes so difiicult. In such event, with the the wheel can be lifted toa suflicient height so that the rut or ditch can be filled with rocks or wood to give a more substantial support for the wheel when the jack is released and removed.

The invention as above noted, and with further and more detailed objects and advantage -will be more fully set forth in the following specification, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, in which:

Fig- 1 is a side elevation of the wheel andv fender portion. of a car, showing it as raisedwby. our improved jack and showing the. adjustable support in readiness to be putinplace under the'aXle.

Fig". 2 is an enlarged elevation of the jackunit proper, w'th fractional portions bro-r ken away for purpose of illustration.

Fig. 3 is a front elevation of the jack as. seen. from the left in Fig. 2.

Fig. 4: is a sectional detail view on the line 6-'-6 in Fig. 2. v

Referring to the drawings more particularly and by reference characters,'A designates the fender of a car, having a wheel B, providedwith the usual tire G- The socalled adjustable support, shown in Fig. 1, comprises a hollow'standard 7 secured to the baseiplate secured in the standard 7, and is. provided with side grooves vl0 that slidably engage inwardly formed ribs 11 in theside plates of 8. A toothed rack9 is slidably 1929. Serial no. 383,606.

the standard. These ribs 11 not only form" a guiding means for the toothed rack, but

also serve to reinforce the'standard, whichcan thus be made of heavy sheet metal. The upper end of the rack 9 is providedwith a saddle 12, which may be of any convenient form to fit'under the axle housing or some other part of the car.

Pivotally secured to its outer end. The inner end of the lever the standard 7 as at 13, 1s a hand lever 1 L having a handle 15 at 14 is provided. with apawl 16 for engagement with the toothed rack 9. The rack 9v is pulled up into anyv desired position, and is so held by lifting'the lever 1a to engage the pawl 16, as indicated in Fig. 1.

The jack unit comprises a hollow standard 17 having a base 18 to which the stand- I ard is rigidly secured, as by angle iron extensions 19. A toothed rack bar 20 is slidably secured in the standard 17, and is guided by a pair of impressed ribs 21, that operate 111 slots 22 of the .rack bar, in the same manner as previously described in coni nection with the adjustable support. this instance, however, the rack bar is exposed to what may be conveniently termed.

the front of the ack, as shown in Fig. 3, and

near its lower end is provided with a pair of laterally projecting lugs 23, to which are pivotally secured a pair of lifting. hooks24. These hooks are preferably made of ordinary bar steel, bent'in the form of a right angle, and pivoted so that they will swing outwardly from the jack standard 17 as shown in Fig. 1

Therack 20 is raisedand lowered by a manually operated lever 25, which operates apair of pawls 26 (shown in dotted lines in- Fig. 2), and the action of which pawls can be reversed by trippinga latch 27. The lifting arrangement, indicated in Fig. 2,

is of standard construction, and need-.not'

be described in detail, particularly so as this device does not form a part of the present invention, as such, and, might be sub: stituted for any suitable type of lifting and lowering mechanism.

Adjustably secured to the upper end of the rack bar 20 is a bracket mechanism conarcuate rest member 32.

sisting of a metal clamping strap 28, to which is slidably secured, as by a bolt 29 and lugs 30, a slotted bar 31 having an By loosening the bolt 29 the slotted bar 81 can be adjusted forwardly with respect thus changing the position'of the rest member 32 as occasion may require. The bolt 29 may also be used to secure the member 28 to the rack bar, although this is not necessary because there is no objection to having the bracket loosely bar.

The operation of the device may be briefly described as follows: When a tire is to be changed on a car, or if the wheel 13 and tire C become imbedded in a rut or ditch in the road, the jack unit is placed alongside of the wheel and the bracket member 28-32 is so placed that the rest member 32 willcontact against the upper part of the tire vor wheel, as indicated'in Fig. 1. The lifting hooks 24 are then set in place under the wheel and at opposite sides from its center, whereupon the hand lever is 10perated to raise the rack bar 20. v This action causes the hook members 24: to raise the wheel, and as the rest member 32 contacts with the upper end thereof the jack is prevented from tilting inwardly against the car,

fitted upon the: rack as would otherwise be the case. 7 When the car is suiiiciently raised, the adjustable support unit, shown in Fig. 1, is

put in place, but before this is done therack bar 9 is lifted up toa position whereby the saddle 12 will just slip under the axle housing or some other part of the car. i The rack bar is held upward by lifting the hand lever 14 and holding it in that position until the car has been released and settled down upon the support, after which the lever 14: will be held in place by reason of the engagement of the rack bar with the pawl 16.

The jack unit is now removed whereupon the tire ofthe wheel can be removed and anew one put in place, and as soon as the wheel is again in shape to be run the operator has only to press down or step on.

the handle 15 rack bar 9 is comes free from any contact with .the car.

It is. understood that suitable modificaof the lever 14, whereupon the closed, provided such modifications come within the spirit and scope of the appended claims. Having now therefore fully illusber vertically movable in the standard, a]

pair of lifting hooks pivotally secured to the member for engagement under a wheel, and means at the upper end of the member to the rack bar 20,

tact with an upper released and the saddle :12. be

channels to receive said ribs,

protect by Let position forlateral contact with an upper part ofthe wheelenprising a base, a vertically movable member 7 carried by the base, a pairof lift hooks carried by the member for engagement under a vehicle wheel, and a rest member at the upper end of the movable member for lateral contact engagement with theupper part of the'wheel to be lifted.. V r At. A jack of the character'described comprising a base, a vertically movable member carried by the base, pair of lift hooks carried by the member forv engagement under a vehicle wheel, a rest member at the upper end of the movable member for lat eral contactengagement with the upper part of the wheel to be lifted, and means for vertically adjusting the rest member 'with re spect to the lifthooks.

5.1 A jack of the characterdescribedcom l pr sing a base, a vertically movable member 1 otally mounted whereby they may be swung sidewise with respect able member.

6. A jack of the character described com- 7 prising a hollow standard having inwardly. opposed vertical ribs formed therein, a rack to the vertically movbar slidable in the standard and having channels to receive said ribs, hooks carried by the rack bar der the wheel of a car, and upper end of the rack apair of lift to engage unmeansi'at the bar for abutting cone part of the wheel to brace the jack in a vertical position.

7. A jack of the character described come prising; a hollow standard having inwardly V opposed vertical ribs formedtherem, a rack. tions maybe made in the-structure as dis-- bar slidable in the standard and having a pair of lift hooks carried by the rack bar to engage under the wheel of a car, and means at the upper end of the rack bar for abutting contact with an upper. part of the wheelto brace'the jack in a vertical'position, Isaid meansincluding an arcuate contact member and means for slidably mounting thesame on the rack bar.

8. Ajack of the character described comprising a standard, a bar slidable in the standard, means for raising the bar, a pair of hooks pivotally secured to the bar, near the lower end thereof, and an abutment brace at the upper end of the bar.

9. A ack of the character described comprising a standard, a bar slidable in the standard, means for raising the bar, a pair of hooks pivotally secured to the bar, near the lower end thereof, and an abutment brace at the upper end of the bar, said hooks being outwardly swingable, in a common plane.

10. A ack of the character described comprising a standard, a bar slidable in the standard, means for raising the bar, a pair of hooks pivotall'y secured to the bar, near the lower end thereof, a rest brace at the upper end of the bar, and means for adjustably mounting the rest brace whereby it will be laterally and longitudinally adjustable with respect to the bar.

Signed at Minneapolis, in the county of Hennepin and State of Minnesota, this 3rd day of August, 1929.

CLINTON W. LEACH. GEORGE M. BOGIE. 

